[Serotypes and ampicillin resistance of Haemophilus influenzae isolates from children with respiratory infection in Hangzhou]

Autor: Yi-Hui, Qiu, Yan, Zhang, Chun-Zhen, Hua, Zhu-Xian, Zhang, Jian-Ping, Li
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics. 11(3)
ISSN: 1008-8830
Popis: To investigate the serotypes distribution and ampicillin resistance of Haemophilus influenzae isolates from children with respiratory infection in Hangzhou.Haemophilus influenzae strains were identified with V factor and X factor tests. Serotypes were determined with the slide agglutination method. Nitrocefin test was used to detect beta-lactamase. The sensitivities of ampicillin to Haemophilus influenzae were determined with the Kirby-Bauer diffusion method and the E-test method.One hundred and fifty-two Haemophilus influenzae isolates, 108 from boys and 44 from girls, were identified between December 2006 and July 2007. Of the 152 isolates, 148 (97.4%) were untypable, only 4 (2.6%) were typable, including type a, type d, type e and type f (n=1 each type). Haemophilus influenzae type b and c strain was not found. Thirty-four isolates (22.4%) were beta-lactamase-positive. One hundred and thirteen isolates (74.3%) were susceptible to ampicillin, while 34 isolates (22.4%) were resistant to ampicillin.Untypable strains were the most common in Haemophilus influenzae isolates from children with respiratory infection in Hangzhou. The isolates of Haemophilus influenzae kept susceptibity to ampicillin to a certain extent.
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